SAG & AFTRA Rates Sheets

I just returned from a busy 2 weeks of meeting with Clients in the Seattle and Portland area.  I met with so many wonderful people in both voiceover and on-camera; from Ad Agencies, Talent Agencies, Voice Over Teachers and Casting Directors to Actors, Union Reps and Post Facilities.  One concern that came up from all parties was the question of rates: what the Union rates are, how to find them and...

AFTRA Event: The Invisible Toolbox

Voice actor, teacher, performer, Michael Cohen (seated here directing a voice actor) combines his prolific creative talent with a passion for science (He changed his college major from acting to science getting degrees in cell biology) to teach last night’s AFTRA class, “The Invisible Toolbox: Acting and the Subconscious mind.” Michael focuses on the relationship between mind and...

“The Voice As Mirror Of Your Mind”…An AFTRA event. Part 2

(Click here for part 1) “A gift is a curse until it is understood” says Voice Whisperer Marice Tobias. These clearly are words to live by for this expert voice coach. And it was apparent in last Tuesday’s interactive workshop, “The Voice As Mirror Of The Mind.” That evening, Marice Tobias worked with the voice actors’ “gift” and how the “curse”...

“The Voice As Mirror Of Your Mind.” An AFTRA Event. Part 1

Once again AFTRA’s Membership Education Department and Michael D. Cohen put on a stellar evening this past Tuesday, July 14th in Los Angeles. It’s part of the “Healing and Performance Mastery” series. (In May there was the Mastery Panel). “The Voice As Mirror Of Your Mind” voiceover workshop featured long time voice coach and now “The Voice Whisperer”...

AFTRA Mastery Panel (Part 2) – Marice Tobias Answers Voice Over Questions

Click here for Part 1 The AFTRA Mastery Panel evening wrapped up with audience questions. “What are the differences between voice over and acting?” someone asked of Marice Tobias. “There are no differences. Everything you are steps up to the mic. Voice is the mirror of the mind, the extreme close-up.” Then Marice was asked, “What is it that makes the top voice talent successful?”...

AFTRA Mastery Panel – What Gets in YOUR Way to Success?

Last night’s AFTRA Mastery Panel was appropriately named. There were 4 true masters in the world of performance; “Voice Whisperer” Marice Tobias, acting coach, director, Larry Moss, theatre and movement director, Jean-Louis Rodrigue and writer, teacher, actor, April Daisy White with moderator, Michael Cohen. It wasn’t your usual actor event, talking about acting techniques,...

AFTRA President Roberta Reardon Comments on DGA Agreement

LOS ANGELES (January 17, 2008) — The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the national labor union of 70,000 actors, singers, dancers, announcers, and other broadcast talent, issued the following statement by President Roberta Reardon regarding the announcement that the Directors Guild of America has reached an agreement with the AMPTP:”AFTRA is encouraged by the news that...

SAG to Vote on Negotiating Separately from AFTRA

The following article appeared on Broadcasting & Cable’s website. Important issues are being decided in the upcoming year: Screen Actors Guild Board of Directors Calls for Vote to Dissolve Phase I Agreement with American Federation of Radio and Television Artists By John Eggerton — Broadcasting & Cable, 1/14/2008 4:11:00 PM The Screen Actors Guild board of directors agreed to call...